This Libyan food delivery service is getting women into work
Fatima Nasser's new business had barely got off the ground when she was accused of being a foreign spy for giving women employment opportunities in Libya, her war-torn home country.
Lee Mannion is a social enterprise correspondent for Reuters.
Fatima Nasser's new business had barely got off the ground when she was accused of being a foreign spy for giving women employment opportunities in Libya, her war-torn home country.
The new generation of global entrepreneurs is going into business motivated by purpose rather than just profit, according to research by the HSBC banking group released on Tuesday.
A cafe chain that employs homeless people and runs a scheme to provide free food to rough sleepers has gone a step further, building a village of 11 houses in Scotland.
As the rich get richer, the world has entered an "age of philanthropy", with education the most popular focus of some 260,000 foundations globally, researchers said on April 26.
London, Jan 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Britain has appointed a minister for loneliness to take forward the work of murdered lawmaker Jo Cox and tackle the isolation felt by more th...
A bitter January wind is biting in central London and passers-by shrink into their coats. But Liam, who is homeless, is still smiling as he tries to get people to stop and talk to him.
LONDON, Dec 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As diners arriving at the restaurant urged staff to shut the door on the bitter December wind blowing in from the street, those working in th...
London, Dec 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sitting in his prison cell, Paul Buck was determined that something good would come out of a secret addiction that had seen him gamble away m...
The world's first vending machine for the homeless will start giving out free food and clothes as charities in Britain gear up for a cold winter amid record levels of homelessness.